Installing Apprentice Alf’s DRM Removal Plugins Further, since you’ll need an ebook management tool to organize and transfer your new DRM-free book collection, you might as well use the best one in town.

Because these tools require additional configuration including the installation of Python and various dependencies, we’ve opted to focus on the Calibre-based workflow, which is much faster (should you wish to use the stand alone tools, we would recommend reading the readme.txt included with the bundle). Second, included in the Apprentice Alf DRM removal pack are stand alone tools for both Windows and OS X. First, although we’re using Windows 7, you could follow along and use the same techniques on OS X using the OS X version of Calibre. There are a few noteworthy things before we continue. If you’re new to using Calibre we highly recommend checking out our guide: How To Organize Your Ebook Collection with Calibre. We won’t be covering how to install and use Calibre in this tutorial. The Kindle for PC application is entirely optional, but it does make it way easier to get to all your Kindle books at one time instead of manually transferring/downloading each book one by one. You’ll absolutely need Calibre and Apprentice Alf’s excellent DRM-stripping plugins.

A Copy of Apprentice Alf’s DRM Removal Tools for eBooks.

What Do I Need?įor this tutorial, you’ll need three things:

The tools used herein will not work to strip the DRM from library ebooks, loaned ebooks, or other ebooks of which you are not the original purchaser. Note: This tutorial will only help you strip the DRM from books you have actually purchased. With that in mind, read on to see how you can be an upstanding citizen that supports the people who create the content you love, but with the freedom to enjoy that content on your devices as you see fit. In other words, DRM poses a fairly large inconvenience to the paying customers and no inconvenience at all to the pirates. As for preventing piracy, DRM’s value in doing so is dubious at best why would anyone go to the hassle of stripping DRM if they intended to pirate the material anyway (as DRM-free pirated copies of just about everything already exist all over the Internet).

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